Bowlby's theory of attachment evaluation

Harlow supports Bowlby because he found that when given the choice rhesus monkeys would choose a cloth mother for comfort rather than a wire mother for food. Therefore, attachment is for comfort and security not just to satisfy physiological needs

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Lorenz

Lorenz supports Bowlby because he found that baby geese imprinted on him straight after they hatched and preceeded to follow him around. Therefore, supporting the idea of a critical period for attachment to be formed in

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Brazelton

Brazelton supports Bowlby because he found that mothers and babies imitated eachothers movements and took turns to initiate another movement. Therefore supporting the idea interactional synchrony occurs between mother and baby to create an attachment

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Rutter

Rutter refutes Bowlby because he found that attachment can be seen in a variety of attachment figures not only the mother. Therefore, refuting the idea of a monotropy attachment with only the mother

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Schaffer & Emerson

They refute Bowlby because they found that whilst not all of the child's attachments are of equal strength, multiple attachments seem to be the rule rather than the exception. Therefore refuting the idea of a monotropy attachment

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Fonagy

supports internal working model because he found that women who were insecurely attached had babies that were also insecurely attached. Therefore showing that how you were attached as a child affects how you go on to create attachments in the future.

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Card 2

Front

Lorenz supports Bowlby because he found that baby geese imprinted on him straight after they hatched and preceeded to follow him around. Therefore, supporting the idea of a critical period for attachment to be formed in

Back

Lorenz

Card 3

Front

Brazelton supports Bowlby because he found that mothers and babies imitated eachothers movements and took turns to initiate another movement. Therefore supporting the idea interactional synchrony occurs between mother and baby to create an attachment

Back

Card 4

Front

Rutter refutes Bowlby because he found that attachment can be seen in a variety of attachment figures not only the mother. Therefore, refuting the idea of a monotropy attachment with only the mother

Back

Card 5

Front

They refute Bowlby because they found that whilst not all of the child's attachments are of equal strength, multiple attachments seem to be the rule rather than the exception. Therefore refuting the idea of a monotropy attachment